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tiercelet

tiercelet is the alternative form of tercelet.

Meaning of tercelet

Noun

tercelet (plural tercelets)

  1. A male falcon, especially a peregrine falcon or goshawk; a tiercel.
    • In the Squire's Tale this is expressed in avian terms when the tercelet flies off with a kite;1999, Geoffrey Lester, Chaucer in Perspective: Middle English Essays, page 110

Forms of tiercelet

pluraltiercelets

Questions about tiercelet

What is tiercelet the alternative form of?
Tiercelet is the alternative form of tercelet.

Words near tiercelet in the dictionary

  1. tierce
  2. tierce de Picardie
  3. tierced
  4. tiercel
  5. tiercel gentle
  6. tiercelet
  7. tiercelets
  8. tiercels
  9. tierceron
  10. tiercerons
  11. tierces

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